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Firing at Rohit Shetty's residence: Five accused get police custody till Feb 11

Firing at Rohit Shetty's residence: Five accused get police custody till Feb 11

The court granted police the custody of the accused till February 11, noting that the offence was serious in nature and ...

'Serious misconduct, abuse of authority by officers': Delhi court acquits 8 in 2019 murder case

'Serious misconduct, abuse of authority by officers': Delhi court acquits 8 in 2019 murder case

The court said that it has been established that the deceased died an unnatural and violent death, but the prosecution f...

Man gets judicial custody till Feb 9 for making hoax call to police

Man gets judicial custody till Feb 9 for making hoax call to police

Treating the information as serious, police sub-inspector Rajbhau Garje and his team rushed to the spot, but found that ...

Thane court acquits five in kidnapping-extortion case

Thane court acquits five in kidnapping-extortion case

The accused, identified as Nisha Nagesh Gaikwad, Sonali, alias Pinky Mahendra Mahalle, Darshana Nagesh Gaikwad, Deepa Ro...

Court grants statutory bail to Unnikrishnan Potty in second Sabarimala gold loss case

Court grants statutory bail to Unnikrishnan Potty in second Sabarimala gold loss case

The Kerala High Court, which had directed the constitution of the SIT to probe the Sabarimala gold loss incident, had re...

12 sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment for assaulting, disrobing ST woman in Belagavi

12 sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment for assaulting, disrobing ST woman in Belagavi

Based on her complaint, the police had subsequently registered a case under various sections of the IPC and the Preventi...

Special court discharges DHFL in money laundering case, cites immunity under IBC

Special court discharges DHFL in money laundering case, cites immunity under IBC

He contended that as part of the approved resolution plan, the successful resolution applicant (SRA)- erstwhile Piramal ...

Day after obtaining bail from SC in liquor 'scam', Cong MLA Lakhma walks out of Raipur jail

Day after obtaining bail from SC in liquor 'scam', Cong MLA Lakhma walks out of Raipur jail

The ED, in December last year, filed a final prosecution complaint (chargesheet) in the liquor scam case in Chhattisgarh...

Gurugram: Court issues warrants against five policemen in murder case

Gurugram: Court issues warrants against five policemen in murder case

The prosecution witnesses summoned for the hearing on Saturday were Inspector Harendra Kumar, ASI Sashtra, Head Constabl...

Delhi court convicts man for culpable homicide in assault case

Delhi court convicts man for culpable homicide in assault case

"The prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused committed culpable homicide not amounting to murd...

Delhi court acquits 3 in acid-attack case, cites contradictions, delay in FIR

Delhi court acquits 3 in acid-attack case, cites contradictions, delay in FIR

The court also highlighted material contradictions in the testimonies of the complainant and her husband regarding wheth...

Over 15.8 lakh cases pending in Delhi trial courts; lawyer absence, court stays major causes

Over 15.8 lakh cases pending in Delhi trial courts; lawyer absence, court stays major causes

The data further shows that 9,183 cases are delayed due to non-availability of witnesses, while several others remain pe...

Tribunal awards Rs 1.41 cr compensation to kin of lawyer who died in road accident

Tribunal awards Rs 1.41 cr compensation to kin of lawyer who died in road accident

The private insurance company contested the claim, arguing that Rawool was himself negligent and lacked control of his m...

Man shares OTP with fraudsters; consumer court says he can't blame bank for losing money

Man shares OTP with fraudsters; consumer court says he can't blame bank for losing money

The commission in its order acknowledged that a fraud had taken place, but pointed out that the complainant had himself ...

High courts upheld only 8 per cent of death sentences; SC confirms none in recent years: Report

High courts upheld only 8 per cent of death sentences; SC confirms none in recent years: Report

The question of remedies for wrongful convictions remains pending before the Supreme Court. In September 2025, three per...

Kolkata court grants bail to Park Street waiter embroiled in meat controversy

Kolkata court grants bail to Park Street waiter embroiled in meat controversy

Asked about the incident, Tangri told PTI, "It was a mistake for which he apologised, we apologised and it was unintende...

Lawyers, litigants throng CJI's courtroom to see WB CM Mamata Banerjee argue in SIR case

Lawyers, litigants throng CJI's courtroom to see WB CM Mamata Banerjee argue in SIR case

For some time, senior advocate Shyam Divan argued for her and later, Banerjee sought permission from the bench to put fo...

Mamata argues in SC, alleges targeting of West Bengal in SIR exercise

Mamata argues in SC, alleges targeting of West Bengal in SIR exercise

At the outset of her submissions, Banerjee quoted Rabindranath Tagore and said, "The problem is our lawyers always fough...

Teacher gets 3-yr imprisonment for slapping student, causing hearing loss

Teacher gets 3-yr imprisonment for slapping student, causing hearing loss

The court observed that the offence involved abuse of authority by a teacher, serious physical injury to a minor child, ...

Kerala court grants statutory bail to prime accused Potty in Sabarimala gold case

Kerala court grants statutory bail to prime accused Potty in Sabarimala gold case

Similar reliefs have already been obtained by former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) administrative officers B Murari Ba...

Kolkata court grants bail to Park Street waiter embroiled in meat controversy

Kolkata court grants bail to Park Street waiter embroiled in meat controversy

Content creator Sayak Chakraborty posted a video alleging that he and two of his friends were served beef steak when the...

2021 teen murder: Hair clumps at crime spot indicate brutal assault on Jhanvi Kukreja, says court

2021 teen murder: Hair clumps at crime spot indicate brutal assault on Jhanvi Kukreja, says court

The judge noted that if someone was pushed or thrown from the second floor, there was every possibility of causing death...

Father, son get life term in 11-year-old boy's murder case in UP's Ballia

Father, son get life term in 11-year-old boy's murder case in UP's Ballia

Following a complaint lodged by the victim's uncle Ramashankar Yadav, the police registered a case under sections 302 (m...

Delhi court summons Cong's Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera, Ragini Nayak in defamation case by Rajat Sharma

Delhi court summons Cong's Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera, Ragini Nayak in defamation case by Rajat Sharma

The court added, "Complainant has sufficiently also established that accused persons had obtained the telecasted footage...

Mumbai court junks dismissed cop Sachin Waze's plea to drop money laundering case against him

Mumbai court junks dismissed cop Sachin Waze's plea to drop money laundering case against him

The money was then laundered and routed to the Nagpur-based Shri Sai Shikshan Sansthan, an educational trust controlled ...

Bunches of hair at crime spot show brutal assault on Mumbai teen Jhanvi Kukreja in 2021: Court

Bunches of hair at crime spot show brutal assault on Mumbai teen Jhanvi Kukreja in 2021: Court

The accused, during the fight, furiously assaulted Kukreja, pulled her hair, and ultimately pushed her from the staircas...

Odisha court sentences 9 Bangladeshis to 2 years RI each for infiltrating into India

Odisha court sentences 9 Bangladeshis to 2 years RI each for infiltrating into India

The convicted Bangladesh nationals were identified as Md Hasim (46), Sajib Khan (24), Allam Shaika (41), Md Azeem (40), ...

Delhi tribunal seeks Centre's help in road accident case, cites policy vacuum

Delhi tribunal seeks Centre's help in road accident case, cites policy vacuum

"There is a clear policy vacuum, and the family of the victim/cyclist cannot be left to struggle with fate. In these pec...

Delhi court declines cognisance of chargesheet alleging cruelty against MLA Raja Bhaiya

Delhi court declines cognisance of chargesheet alleging cruelty against MLA Raja Bhaiya

"The complainant's answer to the delay in filing the present complaint pertains to general assertions of fear and trauma...

No further investigation required in Old Rajinder Nagar coaching centre deaths: CBI to Delhi court

No further investigation required in Old Rajinder Nagar coaching centre deaths: CBI to Delhi court

Advocate Anand argued that the central agency had not investigated the matter from all angles, alleging that the buildin...

SC to examine whether acquittal in criminal case means accused can't be tried by ED

SC to examine whether acquittal in criminal case means accused can't be tried by ED

The bench is hearing a number of petitions where the accused have been seeking their release in money laundering cases o...

10 years on, Delhi court acquits man accused of murder

10 years on, Delhi court acquits man accused of murder

Referring to the alleged remarks made by the accused that "Ahsan will not see the sun of tomorrow", the court questioned...

Delhi court acquits 2 in 2019 NDPS case, cites serious lapses in search & seizure

Delhi court acquits 2 in 2019 NDPS case, cites serious lapses in search & seizure

“In view of the material contradictions and failure of the prosecution to establish compliance with mandatory provisions...

Delhi riots case: Court acquits 6 accused, orders police to take action over 'tampered' probe

Delhi riots case: Court acquits 6 accused, orders police to take action over 'tampered' probe

In an order dated January 31, the court said, "I find that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove its case agains...

Father-in-law's information on salary, property cannot be provided under RTI to son-in-law: Information Commissioner

Father-in-law's information on salary, property cannot be provided under RTI to son-in-law: Information Commissioner

The bench stated that if the applicant deems it necessary to collect such information for his defence, the appropriate f...

Turkman Gate violence: Delhi court hears bail pleas of 3 accused in stone-pelting case

Turkman Gate violence: Delhi court hears bail pleas of 3 accused in stone-pelting case

Additional Sessions Judge Bhupinder Singh was hearing the arguments pertaining to the bail applications filed by three a...